Top 10 WaPo Sports Stories: Gil Loses

Redskins punter >>> Gilbert Arenas (By Jonathan Newton - TWP)

When the Washington Wizards' best player (and the owner of a new $111 million contract) announced he'd miss the first month of the upcoming season because of a recurring knee problem, maybe you thought that would have been enough to break the stranglehold the Redskins have on these rankings of our weekly most-clicked sports stories and columns. Yeah, well maybe you're an idiot. Don't you know there's punting news to be had?!?!?

Continuing to prove that this was a pretty bad idea for a weekly feature, the Redskins notched another 10-for-10 week, with Durant Brooks edging ahead of Gilbert Arenas. Boooo-ring.

6. Feeling Trapped in Tight Spaces, by Barry Svrluga. Redskins feature on the D.C. tenure of one Clinton Portis, leading to some radio criticism, leading to one of the best weeks in recent D.C. sports blogging history.

7. Zorn Savors First Win, and That's No Act, by Les Carpenter. Redskins A1 game story, just in case anyone missed the stories in sports. Also points out that Joe Gibbs "would never fill his news conferences with words such as 'cool' and 'tremendous' and 'unbelievable.' "

10. Photo of Playbook Concerns Coach, by Jason Reid and Jason La Canfora. Redskins notebook, leading with the news that Jim Zorn would prefer his players not post photos of their playbook on the Internet.